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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Get_Line
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:44:46 +0000 (UTC)
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Justin Birtwell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having some strange behavior with Get_Line.  In a procedure called
> GetData I call Get_Line to receive input from the command line. The first
> time this function is called it behaves fine prompting the user for input.
> The second time it runs  the execution passes through Get_Line and no prompt
> appears on the command line.  Upon doing a little research in the Ref Man.

This is because your Put_Line is outside the loop.

> 
>    procedure Getdata(P_Num_Of_Points: out Natural) is
>       Last:Natural:=0;
>       Buffer:String(1..80):=(1..80=>Character'val(0));
>    begin
>       Ada.Text_Io.Put_Line("Enter between 1 and 6 Balloons to ..."); 
>       loop
>          begin
> 
>                                            ---This line gets skipped


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